Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Millionaire Punks

Being an all-around weirdo and a rebel I've always been interested in counter culture movements, music and styles like Metal, Punk, Skinhead, Grunge and even Hip Hop.

L7 grunge punk metal female band

But I love Money too.I know for sure that there is a lot of multimillionaire metalheads (Metallica, Guns N'Roses...) and a couple of almost Billionaire rappers (P.Diddy, Jay-Z, Dr. Dree, Baby Bird...).BUT... Punk millionaires? Do they exist?The answer is YES!

When you think about a punk the first thing that come to mind is a filthy homeless crust punk with a spiked mohawk and a studded leather jacket panhandling for a living.

Crust punks living from beer to beer

And when you think about the punk culture in general you think about anarchy, anti-capitalist, DIY (Do-It-Yourself), pro-cheap beer, anti-everything, etc.

I somewhat agree with this. Doing what everybody do (working jobs that they hate just to live above their means) is plain stupid!

But in reality, punk artists, underground and mainstream, rarely have the classic street punk look of liberty spikes, safety pins and kutte (jacket full of patches and studds). Most of them have short hair and look quite normal. Dead Kennedys for example.Forget about the anti-capitalist part. It's quite easy to lambast the evil of Money when you are penniless. But it's another thing to not enjoy it when you are making it.

The below punk rocker artists sell-out for the benefit of their bank accounts. For the punk purists out there, do not hate them because they are successful. Life is always more enjoyable living in a mansion than squatting abandoned buildings with smelly people.Here is the list of the richest punk rock artists of all time. Sorry, I reluctantly included some cheesy, yet very lucrative, pop punk acts like Avril Lavigne to this list. A couple of them have the hardcore heavily-tattooed street punk look.